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Please share your Wok tips/secrets

Just got my new wok and got it seasoned, ready for the first cook tonight. Could all you wokers please share your advice/tips/tricks? What temp do you fire the egg up to? Do you place the wok low next to the coals or higher up? How long do you preheat the wok? Do you wok with the dome closed to steam the veggies, or stir fry with the dome open?

The best tip is to have all of your ingredients in different bowls next to egg in order of how they go in the wok. The cook is so fast, you dont have time to fumble around. Also, need some thick gloves when pulling off the wok to plate. This is the hardest part for me still after several cooks. Plating the food without burning the s%&t out of my hands. Start easy and be patient. So much fun once you get it down.

in my heavy wokking days, I'd use the paper hot dog or nacho trays to hold my ingredients. At most any restaurant supply store, you can get enough boats to keep you wokking a long time for about $10. Nothing to clean, just toss....

Ya need to be prepared, start to finish, as a wok cook moves fast..........

... handle on my wok spatula from the wok store in san francisco fell off yesterday, should I super glue it back on or send it back?

Mine fell off as I took it out of the shipping box. I just goosed it with a bit of silicone glue and its been solid ever since (although I much prefer my new bamboo spatula, $3 from the same place!)

EDIT: I wouldn't recommend Super Glue, that stuff only works if there's a very tight fit between the two surfaces; or, you can dust the handle with baking soda first and the superglue may be okay (old R/C model airplane trick)

i did the worse thing possible... i jammed the handle on and then filled a tall plastic cup up with water and let it soak overnight upside down in it.. that sumbitch aint goin nowhere... so far anyways

Yup. I can't tell you what the upper limits are. But for handling a hot wok, I can grab it by the handles off the egg and carry it into the house without feeling heat. Probably 10-15 seconds or so. Haven't tried a hot plate setter or similar yet. They're big, comfortable and good quality.